Incredibilities Quotes & Sayings

It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The true lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears, and to sound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of mischief. But he sounds no alarm, when there is no enemy; he never terrifies his countrymen till he is terrified himself. The patriotism, therefore, may be justly doubted of him, who professes to be disturbed by incredibilities ... — Samuel Johnson

I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that. — Cameron Russell

A government cannot be wrong in punishing fraud or force, but it is almost certain to be wrong if, abandoning its legitimate function, it tells private individuals that it knows their business better than they know it themselves. — Thomas B. Macaulay

Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales. — Ron Greenwood

Though the three of them were unrelated by blood, they were sisters all the same. In the heart, where it mattered. — Charles De Lint

I had this tendency to think things through a little too much, envisioning things in the future while I completely missed the present. — Catherine Clark

Tonight we water our horses in the Tennessee River. — Albert Sidney Johnston

For every problem, there exists a simple and elegant solution which is absolutely wrong. — Ellet J. Waggoner